
Their Swarming and Hiving. 139 
» Witnefs the laft Summer; in which I had 
no lefs than 86 or 87 ere a confide- 
rable Number of which at Michaelmas, had 
not Honey half enough to maintain ‘them 
till this Spring. 
The old Stocks alfo fending forth fuch 
Multitudes ({warming moft of them twice, — 
and many of them three Times) they were 
greatly reduced in Strength and in Store, 
Many about the Country are already dead, 
both old and young; and no doubt but 
many more will yet die. 
Neither do the earlieft Swarms always 
- praye the beft, or profper moft, as early 
as the latter End of April, ot the Begin- — 
ning of May, The Weather ofien after- 
wards is very wet and cold, fhuts them in, 
and prevents fo long their Labours, that 
I have frequently known even thefe, either 
totally deftroyed, or exceedingly reduced. 
But Swarms at the latter End of May, | 
or Beginning of “fu/y, thall profper, and 
anfwer the Owners Expectation. 
Three Years ago I had a Swarm upon 
Midfummer-Day, which laid in a fufficient 
Store of Provifion for their Support, till the 
Spring following, and they {warmed that 
Summer, either the laft Day in May, or the 
firft of une, and every Summer fince. 
And it is more than 20 Years fince I 
had a Swarm the Beginning of ‘uly, which 
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